silent running

OK, I've been looking around at various bits of advice and want to build a Vista box for home use. I've refined what I want, perhaps someone can give me the lowdown on what will do the job for me at i.e. the most expensive stuff like mobo, CPU, etc. around the 50-80 quid mark each if poss:

• Core 2 Duo running around 2.5 ghz, overclockable if it makes no difference to system noise
• LGA775 ATX or mini ATX mobo - can be fairly basic, need SATA2, 1066 FSB, DDR2/PC6400, PCI-express, LAN etc. i.e. tech just behind the cutting edge and now cheap
• Only need room for 2 hard drives, a burner, 4 gig of RAM and a graphics card
• Graphics can be pretty basic as long as it's PCI express. My old AGP Geforce from 4 or 5 years ago still does the job. If it can run old games like Freelancer and C&C3 as well as Vista Aero effects etc, that's fine. Not into 3d shoot em ups at all.
• A quiet system overall - as few fans necessary as poss
• Low power consumption / decent power management

Recommendations? The fundamental requirements are that it runs Vista without a hitch, with half a dozen apps running simultaneously and is quiet.

silent running

bttt

HankScorpio

What's your total budget?
You'll get a PC of decent spec built for not much these days.

From Mesh in a nice Silverstone box:
* Intel® Pentium™ Dual Core™ E5200 Dual Core Processor(2.5GHz,2MB Cache,800MHz)
* Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium with Service Pack 1, 64-bit - English
* MESH Stylus Silverstone Compact Performance Chassis 300W PSU (270mm (W)x212(H)x393(D)
* ASUS P5N-MX Nvidia Geforce7050 Mainboard - Intel Core™ 2 Duo/Quad Core MATX
* 4096MB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (2x 2GB)
* 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
* Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
* 512MB ATI Radeon HD3450 (Direct X10.1, PCI Express 2.0)
* 5.1 High Definition onboard sound card - 6 Channel Cinema sound
* Free Microsoft® Works® 8.5 + Limited Microsoft Office Trial
* Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
* 1 Year Hardware Warranty - Return to Base Parts and Labour (UK Mainland only)
* 8 USB 2.0 ports (4 ports at mid-board, 4 ports at back panel) - ASUS P5N-MX
* Network Ready integrated 10/100 Ethernet

400 all in so not bad at all and software included.